Intelligent Devices
Powered By Windows CE
Lance Lillie
Systems Engineer
Walter Myers III
ADCU Technical Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
Agenda
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Windows CE Platform
Digital TV
Vertical market/embedded systems
devices
Handheld PC
Palm sized PC
Auto PC
Q&A
Familiar Windows Platform
PCs
Entertainment
and multimedia
Mobile
Embedded
Size and functionality
Non-PCs
Desktop
Laptop
NetPC
Price and computing power
Server
And... our Non-PC Arena Strategy
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Provide familiar, underlying software
platform based on industry standards
for non-PC devices - the Windows CE
operating system
Deliver products to enable OEMs, IHVs,
and ISVs to develop new categories
of devices
Build a team of hardware and software
support companies
Unite the various Windows CE devices
Windows CE
Designed for
intelligent digital appliances
Platform to make
better devices
Vision For
Windows CE
Access to
information
Improve
communication
Entertain
Myth:
Windows CE is a
stripped down version
of Windows 95
Reality:
Windows CE was built
from the ground up using
the Win32 API set
as a new platform for
information appliances
Myth:
Windows CE equals
Handheld PCs
Reality:
Windows CE is a modular,
configurable OS that is the
basis for many radically
different devices
Myth:
Java OS is more successful
than Windows CE as an
embedded system
Reality:
Over half million Windows CE devices
have shipped, over 28 OEMs building
products, and an order for 5 million set
top boxes from TCI. Java OS design
wins have resulted in 1 shipping product
(UB networking card).
Windows CE v2.0
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Designed for wide range of devices
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Compact, highly-portable, resourceconstrained
Provides each device family with
appropriate services
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Applications
User interface
Connectivity
New Device Categories
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Embedded - vertical handhelds,
terminals, industrial controllers, etc.
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Keys are hardware platforms,
development tools, OS performance,
“application-specific” developers
Mobile market - Handheld/Palm
PCs, smaller/larger versions
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Keys are PC connectivity, ease of use,
low power, low cost, applications
Large ISV community absolutely
critical for success
Windows CE
Architecture Principles
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Language-independent,
Windows-compatible APIs
and programming models
Componentized and ROMable for
best fit of memory and features
Built-in communications to PCs,
the Internet, and other
Windows CE devices
Easy adaptation to many kinds
of devices and memory ranges
Componentized And ROMable
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Windows CE systems can be built
from the kernel only on up to
devices with full kernel, USER,
GDI, communications, and shell
System can execute in place from
ROM or be loaded in or paged
in RAM
Embedded Toolkit allows maximum
flexibility in selecting the right
components for a given flatform
Enabling Deliverables
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For OEMs, IHVs, ISVs: Windows CE 2.0
Embedded Toolkit for Visual C++
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For ISVs, OEMs, IHVs: Windows CE addin Toolkits for VC, VB, VJ kits
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new product to spur embedded development
Microsoft’s first retail entry into embedded
market
Familiar development environments for
application development
More on these later...
Our Non-PC Device Initiative
Microsoft
ISVs
Windows CE SDK
Internet
Windows CEbased devices
Applications
Windows CE
Non-PC device
PC
Windows CE SDK, DDK, ETK
OEMs
SI’s, processor partners
IHVs
Processors Running
Windows CE
CPU vendor
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AMD
Hitachi
Intel
Motorola
NEC
Phillips
Toshiba
Supported families
46DX5, K6, SC400 (x86 core)
SH3 (SH core)
486, Pentium families
MPC821 (PowerPC core)
Vr4100, Vr4101, Vr4102, Vr4200,
Vr4300 (MIPS core)
Poseidon (MIPS core)
TX3912 (MIPS core)
Windows CE
Families Of Devices
Vertical business
Entertainment
PC companions
Digital Television
Received first 5 million unit
order for Windows CE in
TCI’s Advanced Set Top Box
Includes WebTV technologies
Vertical Market
Devices
Radiant Systems
Internet mini-kiosk
or self-order system
DATUS
Personal Navigation
Assistant
PC Companion Line
Access
information
Auto PC
Create
information
Palm PC
Handheld PC
Synchronized
Customizable
Expandable
PC Companion Products:
What You Get
Mobility
Expandable
Instant On
Upgradable
Look and feel
Choice of hardware
and software
Connectivity
Connectivity Anytime,
Anywhere
Corporate
Intranet data
E-mail
Audio
Wired
and
wireless
devices
Voice
mail
Web
browsing
Fax
Calendar
Video
Internet
“push content”
Why Wireless Now?
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Windows CE Products can be wirelessly
enabled
Wireless Infrastructure In Development
and In Place
Select Strategic Partners & OEMS
Excellent Potential for Windows CE
Products to drive other Internal
Microsoft Groups Revenue Growth
Wireless Architecture
•Wireless-enabled new and existing
applications
•Wireless services allows the user to
receive selected information from the
Internet and corporate data
wirelessly.
•Leverages existing information
sources Internet, Intranet, Email, etc.
•Updates Grab and go information
via Mobile Channels
H/PC Update
Communications
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Connectivity to Windows desktops,
the Internet, and other
Windows CE-based devices
Supported protocols include TCP/IP,
PPP, SLIP and IrDA
Subsets of Windows Sockets,
Win32 Serial APIs, TAPI, WinInet, Win32
Remote Access APIs
Communication hardware is determined
by OEMs and IHVs
Communications
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Communications features
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Secure sockets
Wireless TCP/IP improvements
SLIP support
Ethernet NDIS driver and SMB redirector
for LAN connectivity
DHCP protocol
WinInet for HTTP, FTP
IR connection to printers, Windows
Installable TAPI Service Providers
ActiveSync
ActiveX Controls,
Visual Basic, And Java
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Small subset support of the ActiveX Controls
(COM/OLE) APIs
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Java support:
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In process COM servers, free threaded
OLE Inplace between applications
OLE Automation, storage API subsetted
Componentized Java VM
Based on JDK 1.1.1
“Pocket Visual Basic” support:
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Enables scripting of forms and ActiveX Controls
Shells
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Some Windows CE-based devices will
have shells and some will not
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Many vertical devices may just have
a dedicated application
H/PC includes a Windows 95,
Windows NT 4.0 “look and feel” shell
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Taskbar, shortcuts, desktop, etc.
Remote Connectivity
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Remote Access APIs provide
a Windows desktop with access
to Windows CE OS
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Used to manipulate object stores primarily
Transfer files, synchronize databases
Remote networking allows for
direct connection to PC and dial-up
connections to the Internet, PCs,
and servers
Open synchronization API